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Russian Navy’s Weakness in the Mediterranean Becomes Clear   Since the downscaling of its Mediterranean footprint at Tartus in Syria from a fully-fledged naval base, complete with refueling, logistics and munitions warehouses, Russia’s Mediterranean Squadron has been without an alternative facility. This might not be a serious operational impediment had Russian naval vessels been able…

Mines Could Protect Taiwan From China – If Installed Quickly Enough   [By David Axe] If China ever makes good on decades of implicit threats to invade Taiwan, most of its ground force will have to land at ports. Relatively little of it can come over beaches, because they ‘lack purpose-built infrastructure for unloading large…

Despite Houthi Truce, Diego Garcia Stays Busy   The United States appears to be withdrawing a number of B-2 Spirit strategic long-range bombers from Diego Garcia, its Naval Support Facility in the British Indian Ocean Territory. A flight of three such aircraft were being tankered towards and across Northern Australia en route back to Whiteman…

Australian Police Bust Smuggling Boat With $400M in Cocaine   Police in New South Wales, Australia have arrested five people in connection with a one-tonne shipment of cocaine seized from a boat off the province’s central coast.  The police were tipped off about a possible inbound shipment of drugs when they received word of a…

Top Admiral Says India Was Prepared to Strike Port of Karachi   On Saturday, just at the point when the conflict between India and Pakistan was threatening to escalate out of control, the United States brokered an immediate ceasefire between the two nuclear armed countries. The agreement was still holding as of midday Sunday, despite…

Morocco’s Tanger Med Wins Contract to Upgrade Liberia’s Ports   Morocco is further expanding its footprint in the African port sector with a new deal to modernize Liberia’s major ports. Last week, the Liberian National Port Authority (NPA) signed a modernization agreement with Tanger Med Engineering, a subsidiary of Tanger Med Group. According to NPA, the…

How Freight Forwarders Can Contribute to Maritime Decarbonization A freight forwarder is an organization that helps other companies manage freight transportation across transport modes and geographies. As freight moves from one location, like a factory in China, to another destination, like a distribution centre in Kansas, it will often use multiple modes of transportation. Companies…

Canada Marks 80th Anniversary of Battle of the Atlantic Canada is maintaining its tradition of honoring the heroism of sailors who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and ended up paying the ultimate price. On May 4, the country commemorated the 80th anniversary of the battle that was the longest continuous military campaign…

Mooring Lines in Poor Condition Caused Cargo RoRo Endurance to Break Free Worn-out mooring lines that were not replaced on time are being called the reason a US-flagged cargo RoRo broke free from its dock and out-of-control hit a pier and dry dock at the Port of Bremerhaven in Germany. Germany’s Federal Bureau of Maritime…

Robberies Continue in Singapore Strait with Six Ships Hit in May   ReCAAP (Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia) is sounding the alarm as the robbery spree in the area around the Singapore Strait continues. The organization, which marked 20 years, is expressing concern and warning of the…

Salvage Diver Dies as Specialist Team Prepares to Raise Superyacht Bayesian A salvage diver working on the preliminary efforts preparing to raise the superyacht Bayesian was killed today, May 9. Italian officials confirmed the incident without providing further details. Local media are reporting that a 39-year-old salvage diver, a Dutch national, died as teams were…

UK Increases Funding and Areas to Spur Offshore Wind Energy Development Offshore wind energy continues to be a key portion of the UK’s plan for renewable energy with the government announcing on May 9 that it will expand funding and the available areas in response to strong demand from the industry. The UK continues to…